In a must-read report for the New York Post, Kevin Kernan writes about Jose Reyes and his leg injury, while wondering about the shortstop’s future.
“Jose is all about his legs,” an anonymous Mets player told Kernan. “If he doesn’t have his legs, he doesn’t have anything.”
According to Kernan, it’s a strong possibility Reyes will have to undergo surgery, yet ‘no one’ knows for sure if he will be ready next spring.
…in some ways, this is the definitive report for the 2009 Mets, as so much of what plagued the team this season is embodied in kernan’s story…
…if kernan is correct, and the Mets have questions about jose’s involvement next season, it’s just another reason why the team should push hard for Carl Crawford… the thing is, crawford does not provide the missing power in the lineup… i am not yet sure what the best path forward is, but crawford would provide additional speed at the top of the order – and would insure against any setbacks for reyes…
This weekend, Jerry Manuel said, “Jose Reyes,” when asked to name the most difficult player to have lost this season, “No doubt about it.”
…manuel actually stumbled a bit, seemingly confused and depressed while answering because of all the ups and downs during injury, pointing out how reyes was supposed to be back at the All-Star break, then he was supposed to be back in August, and yet, today, there is still no real clarification… manuel did say, however, he would have no problem if reyes wanted to play Winter Ball, so to be 100–percent ready for spring training…
I’m all for getting Crawford. We should probably limit his baserunning in the future.
I disagree that he has nothing. He drives the ball very well and could easily slide down to 6th or 7th. Yes he will have to leg out doubles and triples, but he will also drive in his share of runs. I think 90-100 is not out of reach. limit his SB to 15-20 attempts, and I still think you get your money’s worth out of him
Why was that “must-read”? So we can learn that the Mets aren’t the same without Reyes? So we can learn that Reyes might need surgery? So we can learn Manuel finds the injury to Reyes the most disheartening?
Must read, in my book, provides some insight. This was an article about how important Reyes is to the Mets. Oh, really?
Please stop calling articles “must read” unless they actually are.
geez, Todewater, so critical…
I found it interesting and insightful.
Too bad you didn’t enjoy it.
Good thing you aren’t in charge iof the public library, the shelves will be empty.
I didn’t say I didn’t enjoy reading it, but a “must read” is an article or column that id you miss, you’ll be without some important insight and/or information. There is a difference between a good article and a must-read.
If everything is great, nothing is.
Let me get this straight –
1) they wait until the end of the season to look into surgery
2) If said surgery is done now there is a non-trivial probability he will not be ready for 2010.
3) If surgery was done several months ago he most likely would be ready for 2010.
4) The decision was delayed during the time when it was obvious to everyone that a .500 season was at best a crap shoot and he was exhibiting no real progress.
Correct me if I’m wrong here, but this makes little to no sense.